EMERGENCY COMMISSIONS

Digital Artwork

I hate advertising commissions, but I'm in a really tight spot. I'm out of social benefits since March 2024 and won't have any other source of income because of my health condition at least for a few more months.

If you'd consider to commission me that'd be really lifesaving. 🙏🙏🙏

COMMISSION DETAILS

FREE

1 half-body chibi character for every order under 25€ /2 half-body chibi characters for every order over 25€

I also accept donations if you have a little money to spare, I will draw a little something for you.

Please ppal me with a note of a character or something you like. (Please don't use kofi because the commission rate is high)

Lyselkatz (at) hotmail (dot) com

THANK YOU 🙏🙏🙏

Hi! I would like to ask if you could maybe recommend Band of Brothers blogs to follow? I'm interested in fanfic, graphics, GIFs, everything related to Band of Brothers. I hope it's not rude I sent this ask to more people, I'm new to Tumblr and I still have a lot to learn about Tumblr etiquette.

You sure can, Kind Anonymous Friend! And this ask isn't rude at all - rec lists are a time-honored tradition here on Tumblr and I'm happy to help. Sending a couple people the same ask isn't usually considered rude ...unless you're copy-pasting the exact same writing prompt to six different writers. In which case yes, that's rude. Don't do that, please.

I'm fairly certain everyone on this list liked Band of Brothers or The Pacific at one point. Fair warning, they may have moved on to other fandoms, but I think most, if not all, still post BOB content from time to time!

Network: @hbowardaily - also has a discord server!

Visual Makers: @rebeccapearson @basilone @lupoteodoro @supervalcsi @onlyyouexisthere @tvserie-s-world @lyselkatz @fayestardust

OFC writers: @shoshiwrites @softguarnere @latibvles @noneedtoamputate (also new here!) @loveduringthewar @floydmtalbert / @arethosedustyjumpwings @upontherisers @sergeant-spoons/ @stolemyspoons @msmercury84 @coco-bean-1218

@mads-weasley @thoughpoppiesblow (semi-hiatus) @softspeirs / @dreamingundone (on hiatus but coming back!) @wexhappyxfew (also coming out of hiatus) @coraxaviary (on hiatus but has a big fic!)

In the HBOWar orbit: @almost-a-class-act @junojelli @bobparkhurst / @derry-rain @wereinadell @papersergeant-pencilsoldier @sharpshootershifty @sir-mr-dr-roe @lucky-bastards @aloraundomiel @cody-helix02 @churchkey @anthrobrat @general-taylor @majorhortonisonleaveinlondon @winnix85 @dcyllom

If you're looking for reader inserts or MLM fic, I'm sorry but I'm not the person to make recommendations on that. But this should be enough to get you started!

Passing on the snacks Pinterest randomly gave me today.-

@momosandlemonsoda @busarewski @kingsandbastardz @lyselkatz @mx-myth @bbcphile

As for the Shui Long Yin picture: if I was secretly stalked by an assassin with such a handsome chin, I would notice him immediately and realise when I see him again in suspiciously different circumstances. Totally ruins his stealth stats.-

Fic round up of 2023

Total fics posted: 7 (6 complete, one still being posted)

Fandoms written in: MDZS novel canon 1 fics, Untamed/CQL 1 fic, and Mysterious Lotus Casebook 5 fics.

Total words posted: 91,114 (bringing the total on ao3 to 964,835)

Longest fic: As Spring Will Surely Come - 38,297

Shortest fic: Waiting For The Tide To Turn - 3,826 words

The fics - with links

Scars Etched in Heart and Mind

As Spring Will Surely Come

Three Months and a Thousand Miles of Sea

Under Moonlight We Change Our Futures Yet Again

Waiting For The Tide To Turn

Soft As Snowfall Over Jagged Ice

Before The Dawn - currently being posted

Also big thanks you to @tiny-breadcrumbs @mekare-art and @lyselkatz who made wonderful art for Soft as Snowfall over Jagged Ice.

and to @yuyu-finale for their art for my Bottomji bigbang fic As Spring Will Surely Come.

Yuyu's art on X/Twitter

A submission for Positive January from @mercurygray:

I'm really, really impressed by anyone who can express themselves visually, and we have, and have had, a lot of really great artists in this fandom. So I'd like to shout out @mutantmanifesto, @fayestardust, @onlyyouexisthere, tvserie-s-world, @samwinchesterslostshoe, @cody-helix02, @onefineginger, @drinkwhiskeyandsmile, @rubine-corvus,  @venneeece and @lyselkatz. Thanks for drawing and depicting our blorbos again and again and again. I'm sure I've forgotten someone, so if you're not on this list- this is for you, too! You all are great and I'm always impressed by your creativity and skill. 

Day 12 of Positive January

Thank you so much for so many incredible nominations @mercurygray and I would also like to shout out Merc’s incredible blog. Her writing is just exquisite and I love her OCs so much.

Please head over and check out all these incredible blogs mentioned above. 🩵

Current things tag meme!

Tagged by @irregularcollapse who is fated to be my mutual until this site dissolves into the sea or something idek <3

3 ships: like, if I don't say HeiHua, someone is going to ask why, so, you know. Them. Babygirl and the black-footed cat. I'm also going to say the difang portion of liansanjiao are extremely compelling for my hindbrain atm. Final one? Uhhhhh sure, I'll say Napoleon Solo/Illya Kuryakin from Man from UNCLE because why not, they're only like, 60 years old as a ship concept or something.

Last song: Holding Out For A Hero - Nothing But Thieves

Currently reading: I'm about to start Every Exquisite Thing if I have the time and brain-focus, and a lot of JayTim fic.

Currently watching: I have ALSO been watching Taskmaster because @drinkupthesunrise had me watching it when I was visiting and singlehandedly demolishing a whole cake she made. I'm also going to count Here to Heart (don't do it to yourselves) and Man from UNCLE because we were also watching those. Right now I'm technically rewatching Ultimate Note clips because painsomnia, since I find it comforting, and I have @missjudge-me's Material Girl fanvid made for me up because....it's cute and same reason.

Last movie: I am genuinely trying to remember and I have a very ominous feeling it was Five Nights At Freddie's in cinema for Halloween. Help. One of my New Year's Resolutions for 2023 had been to watch a horror movie in cinemas, because I actually don't like horror movies but thought it would be interesting. It was so-so.

Currently consuming: I made myself miso soup rice, and right now some instant mix coffee sachet and a lychee juice box.

Currently craving : I want a salmon bagel from my favourite cafe nearby so badly right now. Also rose milk tea.

tagging @difeisheng @amiyade @clockworkspider @lyselkatz and if you see this and want to, I'll count you in to join!!

笛花 Dihua/Feihua prompt fill for @kingsandbastardz The groupchat had a burst of inspiration from @lyselkatz's post-canon fanart of silver-haired Li Lianhua and bearded A-Fei, and wanted to play around a little.

[Being officially dead doesn't mean they no longer solve problems. Dead bodies keep appearing with distressing regularity.]

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Normally, a dead body found in the streets of Jia Town isn't their problem. But three bodies scattered in different places in one night? Even Li Lianhua's old fox ears begin to twitch as the news breezes through the morning market bustle. 

“Don't,” Di Feisheng warns, as his husband stops to inspect some radishes being sold by Sun Erniang and ever so casually inquires about the strange nature of the injuries found on all three corpses.

She claims she doesn't know much, but the excruciating detail with which she is able to describe the blood which was seeping from the corpses’ eyes, nose, and ears, and the bloom of black bruising on their necks when they were discovered, means that the farm wife rumor mill has been hard at work.  

After he's wrung out every last scrap of detail that Sun Erniang knows—for her neighbor's cousin’s brother-in-law works at the local yamen—Li Lianhua turns and deposits an armful of radish and cabbage in the woven basket Di Feisheng is holding. The farmer has been well-rewarded for her information, he observes.

Li Lianhua turns, bidding her a good day. He cozies up to Di Feisheng, relieving him of the basket and uses the excuse of steering him through the crowd to hang off his arm so they can convene in low tones. 

“So, A-Fei,” says Li Lianhua lightly. “Do you think this is the Qiankun Wudu Shou 乾坤五毒手 or the Tiangang Xuanwu Zhi 天罡玄武指?”

Di Feisheng strokes his beard thoughtfully. Since his retirement from Jianghu ten years ago, between the travels, the sunsets, and the chores to do around Lotus Tower, he's managed to amass quite the collection of esoteric martial arts tomes. Between the two of them, there's not a single technique that can escape their discerning eye, but that doesn't mean that the old fox should be poking his snout where it doesn't belong. If the Emperor ever gets word that Li Lianhua yet lives…well, Di Feisheng doesn't need to remind his husband of how suddenly the quiet life they've managed to lead will come to a juddering halt.

“I'd have to see the bodies myself to know for sure,” Di Feisheng hears himself saying, even though he knows where this is going to lead. 

“Exactly what I was thinking,” Li Lianhua agrees, with a mischievous grin playing about the corners of his mouth. “The yamen is that way,” he says, nudging Di Feisheng to turn right down the next street. 

“Don't worry,” Li Lianhua continues, before Di Feisheng can even open his mouth to voice his concern. “Sun Erniang’s neighbor’s cousin's brother-in-law works there. They won't tattle on us.”

Di Feisheng merely grunts, and lets his husband lead him onto the next mystery. It's only been a week since the last one. He begins to wonder whether they are somehow cursed, or if his husband is just terrible at minding his own business. Perhaps it's a bit of both.

Tagged by @eirenical! Thanks so much!

Last song: 笛盟主 ("Di Mengzhu"--AKA Di Feisheng's themesong from the Mysterious Lotus Casebook OST) 

Favorite color: Sapphire blue

Last TV show: I'm rewatching "Destined" with @sufficientlylargen, "Reset" with a friend, "Secret Royal Inspector & Joy" with that friend, @sufficientlylargen, and @fionatlux, a rewatch of "Untamed" with @sufficientlylargen and @loryer496, and working my way through "The Matchmakers" and "A Journey to Love" on my own. But at any given moment, odds are good that I'm rewatching relevant scenes of Mysterious Lotus Casebook to memorize body language, banter patterns, etc. for the fanfics I'm writing (just as soon as I recover from COVID).

Sweet/spicy/savory: Sweet, probably? And now I want bubble tea.

Relationship status: Married to @sufficientlylargen 🥰

Last google: Names of shades of blue, lol. 🤣 Before that, it was "Di Feisheng merch" because I am desperate for some and can't find enough.

Current obsession: Mysterious Lotus Casebook, and Di Feisheng in particular have taken over my brain for the last six months or so (with honorable mention going to Xiao Shunyao).

I'm tagging @shamera @thesilversun @kingsandbastardz @enbysaurus-rex @lyselkatz @loryer496 @athenasdragon @pastelcheckereddreams @the-wintry-mizzenmast @redemption-revenge @nutcasewithaknife but anyone who wants to should feel free to answer!

Happy 🎂!!!

Ahhh thank you!! 💜 That is so cute haha, you picked a wonderful scene! (The look on their faces, I’m dyin’, how adorable?!)

AHHHHHH LYSEL I LOVE THIS I LOVE YOU THANK YOU

Pinterest nowadays tends to give me themed sets of Xiao Shunyao. This was today's.

I hope the usual suspects @momosandlemonsoda @bbcphile @lyselkatz @busarewski @kingsandbastardz @mx-myth etc. enjoy the food.-

9 Fandom Peeps to Get to Know Better:

Thank you @bbcphile for the tag

3 Ships You Like: There are a lot - I've been around various fandoms for more than 20 years, so I'll go with ones that I'm currently writing fic of. 1. all combos of Di Feisheng/Li Lianhua/Fang Duobing, 2. Song Lan/Xiao Xingchen, 3. Jiang Cheng/Nie Huaisang

First Ship Ever: Mcleod/Methos from Highlander the TV series.

Last Song You Heard: Our House by Madness (being played by my son on his keyboard) Otherwise if it's listen online/radio etc it's Lights Out by Royal Blood

Favourite Childhood Book: For the number of times that I read it, until the book was nearly falling apart, Mossflower by Brian Jacques

Currently Reading: Golden Terrace by Cang Wu Bin Bai, the Peach Flower House E Danglar's translation

Currently watching: Judge Dee's Mystery on Youku

Currently consuming: Coffee and chocolatechip shortbread

Currently craving: not anything really, more free time maybe?

Tagging: @heyholmesletsgo @hils79 @killerandhealerqueen @howdaretrashships @lyselkatz @deepbluewithyellow @ajsocks @difanghua @potahun (if you want to that - and if you're not tagged, but want to have a please do)

Outsider pov: from Gene, on winnix after the ricochet bullet wound in Carentan? 😘❤

A/N: A sudden inspiration struck me with this one. Have some Roe~ * Eugene suspected it was always going to be a shock to see a familiar face entering the aid station. When Lieutenant Winters was escorted in, the very first thought in Eugene’s mind was “oh no, not him.” But it seemed that Lieutenant Winters would get to fight another day as it was only a ricochet bullet in his shin. It was painful for sure, but not actually serious as the bone was whole and all there was was a minor flesh wound, and Winters had to sit and wait until all the more seriously wounded had been treated before Eugene got to him.

Eugene was just finishing the bandage on the wound when the doors were thrown open. For a moment he feared it meant more wounded soldiers, but instead of stretcher-bearers it was Lieutenant Nixon who dashed in. “Dick! Oh God – What happened?! What’s wrong?!” he shouted as soon as his eyes happened on his friend. Eugene finished the bandage and took a step back to wipe his hands as Nixon rushed inside, slipping in the trails of blood on the floor. It was a fascinating sight since usually he was so calm and aloof like nothing could touch him, but now for once he was entirely serious, his eyes wide, and without a trace of his cocky smile. Winters looked embarrassed and quickly yanked his pantleg over the bandage. “I’m fine , Nix, it’s nothing,” he insisted and threw Eugene a look that seemed to be subtly begging for him to back him up, but Eugene wanted no part in the relations between the officers, so he just smiled and turned away. “But… But they told me you were shot!” Nixon insisted when he got next to the table while frantically scanning Winters with his eyes like there had to be a more serious wound he just hadn’t spotted yet. Eugene grimaced internally; to him it sounded like some thoughtless fool had offhandedly got the word to Nixon and made it sound worse than it was. Eugene stepped over a puddle of blood on the floor and fought against an urge to curse all the needless pain. “More like shot at,” Winters corrected on the table, obviously having come to a similar conclusion. “I got bit unlucky. It’s stupid, really.” “God, I’m going to kill Foley, he made it sound like you – “ Nixon sounded ready to rant, but came to an abrupt stop like he was about to break a taboo. He shook his head and settled on crowding Winters, deathly pale where Winters was blotchy red with embarrassment. Eugene decided to let them be. He had already seen plenty of soldiers worrying over their friends and gathered it was best to give them space, especially since this was the first time they were facing this sort of fear. Eugene felt the possibility of loss yawning in front of him like the edge of the world and firmly ignored it and got back to work. He washed his hands in a basin while on the edge of his field of vision Nixon was fidgeting next to Winters. Eugene didn’t look straight at them, but still spied with some amusement how Nixon clearly wanted to touch his friend but didn’t seem to know why or how. Eugene hid a smile into his collar. Winters was perfectly fine, fit for duty and not even rattled, but Nixon seemed unable to pick up on any of the obvious information even though it was literally perching on the table in front of him. Some intelligence officer he was. Eugene picked up all used instruments from a tray and dumped them into the basin now filled with dark pink water while keeping a subtle eye on the officers, more out of curiosity and amusement than anything else. Nixon’s hands hovered over Winters like he couldn’t decide what to do with them. “You’re fine… It’s fine… Totally fine…” he muttered under his breath, then finally gathered up the sense and courage to grasp Winters by the elbow. “It’s fine, Nix!” Winters insisted, his cheeks pink with embarrassment even when his voice remained stern. “It’s basically just a scratch.” Eugene wanted to roll his eyes and turn back to tell Winters to drop his tough guy persona and instead comfort his distressed friend, and only his sense of tact and manners kept him from doing so. At least Winters finally reached to touch Nixon’s hand where it was gripping his arm, and Eugene gave him a point for that at least. “Can you walk?” Nixon asked, his voice so unlike his cheeky self that Eugene had to turn fully away to give them some privacy. “Yes, I can walk,” Winters replied, a bit exasperated but still let Nixon help him off the table. Eugene took a subtle look at Winter’s stance when he put his weight on his wounded leg and made a mental note of his flinch. Nixon seemed to notice it too, but when he swooped in to put his arm around Winters’ waist to support him, Winters reddened and took a quick look around like he was afraid others witnessing their commanding officer needing help. “Nix –” he started to protest, but Nixon interrupted: “Your leg is hurt. This is what people do when someone’s leg is hurt. It’s just for a little while, okay? For a bit, just let me give you this.” His voice was so soft it was almost drowned out in the noise of the aid station, and the only reason why Eugene picked up on it was that he was already listening. To his ear Nixon sounded almost pleading. “Alright then, Lew,” Winters allowed and let Nixon press up against his side and wrap his arm around his waist while he put his arm around Nixon’s shoulders. Eugene watched from the corner of his eye when they swayed together out of the door and decided to look the other way.

I hope you'll feel better soon 😟

Sending you ❤❤❤

Oh honey, I’m feeling the love!

THANK YOU AND I LOVE YOU AND BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tagged by @clockworkspider!

rules: shuffle your On Repeat liked songs playlist and post the first 10 tracks, then tag 10 people ✨

(All my links are to YouTube so I don't have to painstakingly link from my mobile. I'm old)

Fat Funny Friend - Maddie Zahm

Catch The Fox - Den Harrow

Somebody To Love - Axel Black & White Remix

Kill The Lights - The Birthday Massacre

Iconic - Ghost Love

Dying Wish - Tasuku Hantanaka (Yes, this is the intro from Moriarty the Patriot, I am a Sherlock Holmes adaptation obsessive)

Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High - Arctic Monkeys

Million Bucks - Smallpools

Heartbreak Feels So Good - Fall Out Boy

Until The Fires Die - Fellowship

Tagging @amiyade @difeisheng @pearlpugly @drinkupthesunrise @april-rainer @lyselkatz @irregularcollapse and if you see this and want to do it, I have tagged you!

Oh, same with Skip if you're inspired. ✿ HAPPINESS and ✄ PET PEEVE headcanons please? Thank you ❤

fire the (head)canons   ( accepting! )

✿  for  a  HAPPINESS  headcanon

answered here!

✄  for  a  PET  PEEVE  headcanon

Unnaturally flavored foods.  He can appreciate some good junk food, but c’mon. Food shouldn’t be neon  ---  that can’t be healthy! There’s gotta be something weird in there, right?  Blue raspberry is not a flavor, and it shouldn’t taste like that!

Needles. Yes, vaccines are important   ---  and it’s not like he’s going to cry or anything...   but oh boy, he doesn’t enjoy them.   ( They turn him into a complete and utter wimp. )

Parents who let their kids put anything in their mouths.

Music in languages he can’t understand. What are they saying? He wants to know.

People who drive recklessly in general, but especially road rage. He can’t stand road rage. Skip is the most judgmental passenger, and this is why he’s personally banned himself from Toye, Guarnere, and Penkala’s cars. You want to get where you’re going as much as the next guy, we get it, you don’t have to scream it  ---

He hasn’t been a spaghetti fan, since...  y’know.

Long lines. Frankly, he doesn’t have the patience. The type of guy who starts bouncing on his heels in long lines, trying to make conversation with the people around just to keep himself busy. At stores, he’s literally left and came back later, because the wait was too much.

People who pick on weaker people just because they can. Nothing sours Skip’s milk faster than bullies. If he sees that shit going on, he ends it, period.

Dolls. They spook him the hell out! Thankfully his little sister had a bigger fondness for arts and crafts as a kid, because the few dolls she had unnerved Skip to hell and back. If they’re paper, they don’t freak him out; if they have button eyes or sewed on faces, that’s fine. They don’t look real. It’s the ones with the glass, human-looking eyes that seem to follow him everywhere...  he’s not scared of them, they’re just creepy.

People who don’t know the first thing about yodeling, yet still attempt to yodel.